Window-sill



` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID E. CTRAYER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

WINDOW-SILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,080, dated November 26, 1889.. l Application filed July 23, 1889. Serial No. 318,474. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID E. STRAYER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improve` ments in XVindow-Sills; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to windows, and has for its object, first, to obviate the necessity of replacing decayed sills; second, to carry water from inside of window through a wastepipe to a suitable receptacle; third, to secure glass in position without danger of breaking by settling; fourth, to wedge up either end of the glass to obtain a iirm bearing on the edge of glass its entire length, and, lastly, to simplify and cheapen this class of devices, whereby their eflciency and usefulness are increased.

The improvement consists of the novel features which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a horizontal section., parts being broken away, of a window, showing the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line no 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2, showing the invention applied to a window-sash. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the gutter on the line y 'y of Fig.

The attachments are the saine in the several figures. However, their application is shown differently in Fig. 3, being applied to a sash, whereas in Figs. l and 2 they are applied directly to the frame. The threshold or sill 3 is provided at its inner edge with the Vertical ange A and the gutter or trough B, and its outer edge with the depending iiange a. The trough B projects laterally from the flange A, the inner side of the trough and the upper end of the flange A converging to form the edge O. The waste-pipe D leads from the trough to a suitable receptacle (not'shown) placed to receive the water. The brace 2, ar-

which rests on the sill 3 and is held to the said sill by the fastening or screw F. The glass G is held between the brace 2 and the iiange A, the upper ends of the brace and the flange being approximately in the samel plane. The brace 2 and the flange A incline' in opposite directions. Rubber or other sof't and yielding material m embraces the sides and lower edge of the glass to allow for any inequalities in the bearing-edges of the flange a and brace 2, whereby the glass will not be fractured by unequal pressure. The glass rests on a cushion l, which'is of rubber and placed between the brace 2 and the ange A. The sill, brace, and trough extend the full width of the window. The trough is closed at each end by a vertical side t, and is held to the jam or sash by screw K, which passes through said side. rlhe packing j and washer J, placed between the side t and the head of the screw K, effect a tight joint between said side t and the screw K. lVhen the window is washed, the water drains into trough B and escapes through spout D into a suitable pail or vessel.

The sill, flange, and trough are preferably formed in one piece. However, it is obvious that they may be made separate and secured together.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, 1s-- 1. The combination, with the window-glass held against displacement on one side, of the vertically-extendin g iiangeA, pressingagainst the opposite side of the glass, and the trough B, extending laterally from the upper edge of the iiange away from the glass and having a drain-spout, the sides of the iiange and the trough converging to an edge C, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the glass, of the sill having a vertically-extending flange A to bear against one side of the glass and having a lateral trough at the upper edge of the ange, which :is provided with a drain-spout, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the sill having iiange A, the brace 2, the cushion l, placed between IOO the brace 2 and the iiange, and the glass G, supported on the cushion and heid between the flange and brace, substantially as described.

. 4. The combination, with the glass G, the

5 flange A, and the brace 2, of the packing m,

placed between the sides of the glass and the ends of the brace and the said iiange, substantially as described.

5. The herein shown and described attach- Io ment for Window-glass, consisting of the sill 3, having flange A and trough B, the drainspout, the brace 2, having foot or inner flange E, the fastening F, and the cushion 1, all combined, arranged, and operating substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID E. STRAYER. 

